Trevor G. Houser
Director, China Strategic Advisory, Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies
Trevor Houser is a Director at China Strategic Advisory (CSA), a specialized practice helping decision-makers in the public and private sectors analyze and understand commercial, economic and policy trends in Greater China. Mr. Houser leads CSA’s energy sector activities, and splits his time between New York and China, where he meets regularly with government officials, business leaders, academics, and NGOs about developments in the energy space. He is also responsible for seminars and presentations on overall China macro-economic development and regularly advises policymakers in the U.S. regarding China’s economic growth.
Mr. Houser is also a visiting fellow at the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at the City College of New York, where his research focuses on analyzing trends in China’s energy sector and the affects on international markets, the global environment and relations with the US. His recent publications include China Energy: A Guide for the Perplexed, for the CSIS/IIE China Balance Sheet Project, May 2007, Chávez-China Oil Deal May Produce Unsuspected Winners published by YaleGlobal in September 2006, The China Energy Specter: Perceptions and Prospects; prepared for the Pudong Institute for the US Economy in May 2006; and Alternative Measures of Chinese Economic Development, developed for the Aspen Institute Italia’s publication Aspenia in February 2006. In addition, Mr. Houser is currently working on a book in collaboration with Daniel H. Rosen of the Peterson Institute for International Economics that will serve as a guide for policymakers in addressing the energy and environmental impacts of China’s rise.